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AV Idol

AV Idols is the term used in Japan for describing adult video stars. When a porn actress becomes popular and recognizable she becomes referred as Idol, more popularity gives some idols cult status. Not every adult video actress is a star (idol), only those most popular, there are many other who are simply amateurs or not-yet idols but on their way to be ;) In spite of their very often innocent looks they performs in hardcore porn movies, including gangbanging theme, bukkake, SM and some other fetish. AV Idol term is distinctively used for Japanese only actresses. In western culture it's simply Pornstar.

AV Idol in Mainstream

AV Idols often performs modelling (ex.: for bikini) they can also appear in the mainstream movies or in Sci-Fi and horror movies (very popular amongst AV Idols). Sometimes a non-porn related celebrity from television can wish to appear in adult movie. AV actress is considering a very good and profitable career in Japan and is not considered shameful on the contrary to western culture.

AV Idol Job

AV actresses are scouted by talent agencies or apply for this job (ex.: Maria Ozawa). Movies with "New Face" actress are usually called AV Debut and a salary of new girls are sometimes over $15.000 per movie, well known AV stars can earn more than $35.000.

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11 Movies per Day

Adult Video market in Japan is very big and it is said they produce over 11 movies everyday. Career span of one actress is usually 1 year and up to 10 videos. More popular models can have over 100 movies and are working for even 10 years. Adult Video industry in Japan is dated on early 1980s.

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Vinyl/Bini Bon

Softcore, censored photobook. It may or may not have text. The "beaver-books" were sold from vending machines with one-way mirrors on the face. During daylight, the books were not visible. At night they were illuminated from inside and thus viewable to potential customers. Early books priced from about 900 yen.Infos thanks to Jans-Web

Gravure Idol

Adult model which performs usually softcore erotic for men magazines, photobooks, centerfolds and softcore vids. They commonly appears in bikinis, lingerie, schoolgirl uniforms, kimonos. Gravure models can be pre-teen girls (non-nude session). In western culture we would probably use term "pin-up" to describe Gravure.

Mosaic and Urabon

Almost unchanged since 1907 law about distribute obscene materials in Japan resulted in censorship. Adult Videos have mosaic which covers pussies and dicks of performers. Sometimes this mosaic is advertised as "Tiny" and is balancing on the edge of law. But people have it's demands and here comes underground (urabon) market. You can buy uncensored movies in Japan but not legally, you have to dig a bit their Urabon market (underground/black market). Some Japanese movie producers are shooting uncensored movies but it is illegal to sell it even outside of Japan so they are selling raw footage to outside companies and since they are producers not distributors it happens to be legal by the Japan law. Below is more detailed definition of Urabon by my friend ALOTI (explained in example of Urabon photobooks): "Today's version of Urabon began issue in the present format in 1981, with 48 to 56 pages. Many of the earlier books were pirated from the "beaver-books" and re-issued. In reviewing many of the Japanese language reference sites, the term urabon in Japanese consist of two characters "ura-hon". This literary means "wrong side book" or "back-book". This phrase directly relates to the English phrase Urabon. The word "Back" translates to "ushiro, ura, youritsu, bakku, haigo, rimen". It has also been loosely translated as "plastic-wrapped", "back-room", "under-the-counter" and may other phrases. But the most concise is the one above. Urabon books are illegal in Japan, however, there is an Underground market producing so-called "uncorrected" or "underground" books."

I just realized i don’t have Maria Yumeno listed on my site, the girl is one of the very top av idols, under photos you can find her detailed profile shamefully copied from wikipedia ;) There also some negative factor about her, it seems that Maria in few last years stopped to care about herself and gain some weight to the point she could be hot for some of you who are more interested in that kind of fetish, well she’s only 36 so there still time to do some workout matter of not being lazy, anyway Maria still is hot woman with pretty face and she’s real nympho on her movies.

Maria Yumeno is a Japanese pink film, adult video (AV) actress and gravure model.In 2003, she was called one of Japan’s highest-earning AV performers and “probably it’ most famous” Many of her movies emphasized her large bust and thin body.

Life and career Maria Yumeno was born in Tokyo, Japan on August 17, 1978 according to her standard profiles but an interview published in 2003 declares that the “24-year-old from Tokyo is in fact a 30-year-old from Yamaguchi.” Yumeno comes from a broken family, as her father left when she was a child. After leaving school, she worked for a time as a graphic designer.

AV debut As with many other AV actresses, Yumeno was found by a scout in Tokyo’s Shibuya district where the penniless Yumeno accepted an offer of a “modelling audition” to make money. She made her debut in adult videos in late 1998 with the h.m.p. release The Wild Bust. Soon afterwards she appeared in a nude pictorial set for the Japanese men’s magazine Bejean.

Yumeno made several more videos in 1999 with h.m.p. and at the 1999 Tokyo Sports Film Awards, she was given the Best AV Actress Award. She went on to work with a number of other major AV studios of that period including Crystal-Eizou, CineMagic, V&R Planning, Kuki, Atlas21 and Alice Japan[10] including making the S&M themed Masochistic Room Service for Kuki in March 2000. She also starred in some early S&M and bondage works for Attackers.

Yumeno appeared in the erotic science fiction film I.K.U., released in Japan in May, 2001, in the role of Reiko number 2. The movie had previously premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2000. In October 2002, Yumeno starred in the pink film Maria Yumeno: Chō-inran onna no shiseikatsu directed and written by Daisuke Yamanouchi and released by Xces Film.

For a long time, there has been a connection between AV and the Japaneses wrestling community and on November 4, 2002, Yumeno made her pro wrestling debut participating in a Women’s Erotic Wrestling (WEW) match in Yokohama. In April and May 2003, she also took part in live action hardcore erotic wrestling matches for Adult Video Wrestling (AVW) with the losers having sex with the referees and others. Also participating were AV actors Taka Kato and Chocoball Mukai (a former professional wrestler). A six hour video, AVW Fuck Down!, was released in June 2003.

Retirement and comeback Yumeno’s interview published in September 2003 states that she had retired from the adult video industry a few months earlier. However, she continued acting in mainstream films including the October 2003 horror film The Naked and the Living Dead (Shin kaidan zangyaku hidō: onna keiji to ratai kaibōki) where she played a zombie maid. Yumeno also had a role in the manga-based live action film version of Devilman (Debiruman) released in October 2004. In a voice role, Yumeno played the lead character, Rina, in the adult anime OVA Dark Tours / Shinjin Tour Conductor which came out in Japan in October 2004. Dark Tours was released in the United States in August 2006 with English subtitles and/or dubbing.

In 2005, Yumeno appeared with fellow AV actresses Hitomi Hayasaka, Naho Ozawa and Ran Monbu as well as AV actor Chocoball Mukai in the erotic comedy film Ecstasy Express (Shiberia Chōtokkyū: yokubō ressha), which had its debut at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 2005 and was later shown theatrically in Tokyo in August 2005. The film, starring gravure idol Miku Matsumoto, was subsequently released on DVD.

Yumeno was back performing in adult videos in December 2005 with Super Bust Female Doctor for “mature woman” specialist studio Madonna, followed by further mature videos, Voluptuous Mature Nakadashi for Glory Quest in 2006 and Bewitching Lady for Maxing Stargate in 2007. It can be noted that in Yumeno’s profile from 2004, her bust measurement is listed as 93 cm (37 in.) but as of 2008 according to her official website, her bust was 115 cm (45 in.).

Yumeno had a role in the June 2008 theatrical drama Dekotora no shu: Hinokuni kumamoto directed by Hideyuki Katsuki. The film, fifth in the “Dekotora no shu” series, starred Show Aikawa and also featured pink film actress Junko Miyashita and former AV actress Honoka. She has continued to appear in occasional adult videos for the Madonna studio and “mature woman” specialist Goro Tameike and also works as a media personality or “tarento”.(informations thanks to wikipedia.org)

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Exclusive sites are those who shoot their own movies and photos and it's not being repeated on others sites. In Japan there's a couple of exclusive sites but it's censored and sometimes updated like once per month, what may be OK for an average Japanese fan, but it's not good for a Westerners, who are used to something more, so exclusive Japanese sites made for Western dude have lot's more updates and are uncensored (!) I'm gonna show you few best one's on sidebars of AVIdol.org.